To the extent that our experience of suffering reminds us of what everyone else also endures, it serves as a powerful inspiration… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
He had never looked forward to the wisdom and other vaunted benefits of old age. Would he be able to die young—and… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
There's no doubt about it: fun people are fun. But I finally learned that there is something more important, in the people… — William Deresiewicz Copy Share Image
I always try to push through fear. I won't be crippled by it. People say, "Oh you take such risks", or "You're… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
When you make music you do it for the right reason: love. Love is the desire of well being, desire to heal… — Pepe Romero Copy Share Image
“The brain is the only organ that tries to make sense of its pain. It is as if the bone were trying… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she… — Hawa Abdi Copy Share Image
“Emily woke to shadows and their voices. They looked different today, because the entire world hurt. The numbness had worn off sometime… — Allie Burke Copy Share Image
As a former lifelong Republican, it pains me to tell you that today's Republicans - and their standard-bearers, Mitt Romney and Paul… — Charlie Crist Copy Share Image
“Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'" Rose chuckled. "But usually,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
The way to live in the present is to remember that "This too shall pass." When you experience joy, remembering that "This… — Joey Green Copy Share Image
“When we understand people; when we understand situations; when we understand what matters; when we understand the why’s, the what’s and the… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Had Allah lifted the veil for his slave and shown him how He handles his affairs for him, and how Allah is… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
As painful as life can be at times for people all over the world there is some component of existence, or nonexistence… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
I'm just talking in my songs about what's going on, what's exactly happening right now. If I was upset about something, I… — Keak da Sneak Copy Share Image
However long the horror continued, one must not get to the stage of refusing to think about it. To shrink from direct… — Jan Struther Copy Share Image
Writing can flow out when I'm feeling something strongly, whether that's joy, pain, fear, desire or anything else. The challenge is actually… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
“A warm tingle filled me all the way to my toes. It made me feel open and exposed, as though a million… — Lisa Voisin Copy Share Image
Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking. The ratio of misery to pleasure was… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Xhex: John, she said softty. He paused and looked over his shoulder toward the bed. I love you.” His handsome face tightened… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know, Self-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honour'd, self-secure, Didst tread on earth unguess'd at. Better so! All… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“And what is an "instant" death anyway? How long is an instant? Is itone second? Ten? The pain of those seconds must… — John Green Copy Share Image
As we live, our hearts turn colder. Cause pain is what we go through, as we become older. We get insulted by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“deathAloneness has been my constant companion in life. I lost early the people that I loved: first when my young and unmarried… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“Through spiritual maturity you will see new ways to avoid unnecessary suffering; wiser ways to endure unavoidable hardships with grace, and opportunities… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Terrorism thrives when the gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots' becomes so wide and when the 'have nots' reach the point… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
“It’s common to reject or punish yourself when you’ve been rejected by others. When you experience disappointment from the way your family… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
Our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ, know us and love us. They know when we are in pain or suffering… — Linda S. Reeves Copy Share Image
So Scared To Dream In A World With No Sunlight When You Wake Up, You Know Its Darker Than Last Night Quickly… — Hollywood Undead Copy Share Image
“The pain was always there, pulling me inside of myself, demanding to be felt. It always felt like I was waking up… — John Green Copy Share Image
I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a creator of a song I get to take all these broken fragments of failure and chaos and weave together something… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
With every throb of the climatic pulse which we have felt in Central Asia,, the centre of civilisation has moved this way… — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
When thou diest, thy soul will be tormented alone; that will be a hell for it, but at the day of judgment… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Emotions are raised in us, not only by the qualities and actions of others, but also by their feelings. I cannot behold… — Henry Home, Lord Kames Copy Share Image
Music the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm. Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Aren't most of us dealing with the fact that we have moms who either weren't ready to be moms or had some… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Lucretius was passionate, and much more in need of exhortations to prudence than Epicurus was. He committed suicide, and appears to have… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
